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Official The Rock vs. CM Punk Discussion Thread

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wwe.com said:
Perhaps the parade was premature. Perhaps the celebrating, the humble tweets to The People and the legions of Team Bring It, and the proclamation that FINALLY, The Rock was WWE Champion once again jumped the gun by just a bit. Maybe, just maybe, The Rock put the horse before the cart when he celebrated his latest triumph on Raw Roulette, because CM Punk is not done with The Great One by a long shot.


How could he be, either? When a Superstar holds the WWE Title — Punk’s “life’s work,” in his own words — for 434 days spread across three calendar years, he does not just simply throw up his hands and call it a good run when the prize is taken from his clutches. So it was of no surprise when, during The Rock’s celebratory address to the WWE Universe as its new champion, The Straight Edge Superstar himself declared would be evoking his rematch clause – “granting” Rock a rematch was how he earned it – at Elimination Chamber. It was also of no surprise that The Rock gladly accepted.

But once again, maybe Rock is counting his proverbial chickens too early, because for all CM Punk’s feverish boasting in his final days as champion, he was right about one thing after the Royal Rumble: Hedidpin The Rock. It was one-two-three in the middle of the ring, although it took a sneak attack by who we can only assume was The Shield to weaken The Brahma Bull enough for Punk to make the pin. And it was only after Mr. McMahon restarted the bout that The Great One found enough of a second wind to silence CM Punk and put The Straight Edge Superstar to sleep, claiming his eighth WWE Championship in the process.

So at Elimination Chamber, the most brutal pit stop on The Road to WrestleMania, The Rock will face his own personal demon yet again. And The People’s Champion will have to be very, very careful, because CM Punk does not make the same mistake twice, and he is very, very angry. The very real opinion exists — depending whom you ask — that Punk should still be WWE Champion. And with it, the very real possibility exists — should The Rock think one victory equals winning the war — that The Brahma Bull’s parade could end as soon as it began and that CM Punk will be champion again, with history in his hands for the third time.


Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said:
Over 100 years of Heavyweight Champions.

3 generations in my blood.

New WWE Champion.

My honor. TEAM BRING IT.


wwe.com said:
Attitude Era original Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will compete in his first World Title match in more than a decade when he challenges WWE Champion CM Punk, the longest-reigning WWE Title holder of the past quarter-century, at Royal Rumble on Jan. 27.

The WWE Universe has anxiously awaited The Great One’s return to the WWE Title picture since he announced his championship opportunity on Raw 1,000 last July. Though there was no guarantee at the time whom The Rock’s opponent would be, the always-confident Punk fired an opening salvo that night, cutting down The Rock with a clothesline before knocking him out with a picture-perfect Go to Sleep. The following week, The Voice of the Voiceless defended his actions by suggesting The Great One, having been “gifted” a WWE Title match, viewed victory at the Royal Rumble as a foregone conclusion.

Whether a real or perceived slight, the implication that The Rock places himself on a higher plane than the current WWE Champion was seemingly all the motivation Punk needed to make sure he would still have the title on Jan. 27.

In the half-year since Raw 1,000, The Second City Saint stunned WWE fans by aligning with Paul Heyman and ratcheting up the vitriol of his speech. More important than either of those details, he has — by hook or by crook — maintained possession of the championship gold. Having turned back challenges by John Cena and Ryback in recent months, The Best in the World now looks ahead to testing himself against the seven-time former WWE Champion who vowed in 2012 to regain the title.

For The Rock, an A-list Hollywood action star and third-generation Superstar who has sports-entertainment coursing through his veins, the Royal Rumble title match represents the start of a potential career renaissance inside the ring. Since March 2004, The Most Electrifying Man in All of Entertainment has competed in only two sanctioned WWE matches, teaming with John Cena to shred The Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth) at Survivor Series 2011 and overcoming the Cenation leader at WrestleMania XXVIII.

But by vying for the most treasured prize in sports-entertainment, The Rock is committing to more than another appearance as a “special attraction.” Rather, he is setting his eyes on again becoming WWE’s gold standard.

Hell-bent though The Rock may be on introducing a new generation of WWE fans to The People’s Champion, there is no discounting Punk’s deftness once the bell rings. Controversial endings to several high-profile title defenses may have tarnished The Second City Saint’s reputation in the eyes of some critics, but they have done nothing to change the fact the WWE Championship still sits around his waist. Before his seedier side came into focus in late summer, Punk spent much of 2012 disposing of WWE’s best and brightest, ranging from Chris Jericho and Daniel Bryan to Dolph Ziggler and Kane. How will the WWE Champion match up against one of the pillars of The Attitude Era?

As the WWE Universe excitedly counts down the days until Jan. 27, the back-and-forth between two of WWE’s most compelling talkers is bound to pick up steam. It will not be until the Royal Rumble, however, that the trash talk gives way to the gravity of a game-changing WWE Championship bout, the likes of which hasn’t seen in years. Will Royal Rumble mark the rebirth of a championship Brahma Bull, or will it only underscore what Punk has claimed all along, that he is untouchable and in a class by himself?
The Rock explains why he wants WWE Title

WWE part-time star The Rock revealed why re-capturing the WWE Title is important to him in a new interview with WWE Magazine. It's a statement that has been missing from WWE television leading up to the Royal Rumble PPV.

"It starts with recognizing what the WWE Championship represents to me," Rock said in the February 2013 issue. "Every time I hold that title over my head in victory, it not only signifies the fact that I have delivered the absolute best entertainment that I could to the WWE Universe, but that I'm taking a moment to live an experience that all the generations of wrestlers in my family strived to achieve.

Rock continued, "There is no other award that I could receive that's as deeply ingrained in my blood and history as the WWE Championship - and that's why it means so much to me."

At the same time, Rock said that after his first WWE Title reign - which came in 1998 - he decided that he would never allow his possession of or lack of the WWE Title define his career.

"After my first WWE Championship run came to an end, I made a conscious decision that night that I would work harder than any other Superstar in the locker room to become the type of WWE entertainer who, if I never had another championship run again, it would not define my career. I never wanted to rely on a title run for success."

Rock's next statement reflects his recent approach to mixing "entertainment" with "seriousness." Rock concluded, "My goal was to get to a place where I relied only on what I could bring to the table in terms of being entertaining and having a one-of-a-kind - and electrifying - connection with all of the WWE Universe."

[ FYI: Rock's interview is part of a cover-feature on Rock in the latest WWE Magazine. ]

Link - http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_68014.shtml














 
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#6,471 ·
Punk fighting Rock in 2 weeks and they're throwing Flair AND Taker at him on the same night while Rock has a concert. Yeah, sure lol.

I really enjoyed Punk's promos on SD. This delusional BITW heel character he's playing is great. Went back and watched the promo from Raw again and enjoyed it just as much on the second watch. Really looking forward to what happens tonight between them, if anything since Punk is gonna be tied up with Flair and Taker apparently. :rolleyes:

Rock's segment on SD with Rhodes Scholars was awesome. That was a real old school Rock segment there. Only thing missing was a, 'Who in the blue hell are you?' moment when they first came out lol. Sandow and Rhodes both held their own on the mic as well. Really fun segment.

ROLL ON DAT RAWK CONCERT IV

:rock4
 
#6,519 · (Edited)
I think the Cena program was always going to be first because it was the basis for his return and he saw the opportunity to turn the real life situation between them into a money feud. Would have been hard to just ignore Cena for months when everybody were asking for this match for 6-7 years at that time. But the cast of opponents he had back then, easily could have filled big PPVs for 3 years. The HBK match is always going to be the ultimate missed opportunity.
 
#6,521 ·
I am not looking forward to the Cena/Rock rematch at Wrestlemania if that is the direction they are going in. I think what Rock & CM Punk will be doing for Royal Rumble will blow that out of the water as Punk does not have the whole Rise Above Hate BS holding him back from wrestling character psychology 101.
 
#6,610 ·
Re: What did you think of the Rock concert and Rock/Punk brawl?

The ending was great. The ending being the entire brawl that is. I like The Rock, but I didn't like The Rock Concert, to be honest. I just didn't get into it. The entire segment was way better when CM Punk came out and the two brawled to close the show.
 
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Re: What did you think of the Rock concert and Rock/Punk brawl?

The concert started off very slow, but it picked up once he began slamming Vickie. The brawl was good, but I wish it would have lasted a bit longer. It was good to see Punk look like a formidable foe against the Rock, instead of the typical slithering bitch that they tend to book him as.
 
#6,663 ·
Re: What did you think of the Rock concert and Rock/Punk brawl?

Rock concert was hilarious, and that brawl looked like Punk was trying to get an autograph from the Rock and the Rock was like, calm down bitch you can have it after the show. :lmao
Agreed. It felt so forced. I was like, this guy is a 120 pounds and 5 decently built men can't restrain that freak?
 
#6,656 ·
Like I said, this kind of brawl usually happens between two unstoppable bulls finally clashing with no one being able to stop them. Rock/Cena would have been great here, Rock/Lesnar would have been amazing, Rock...Punk? No. He's just not that type of guy. They tried, they sold, they made it look as good as possible considering the circumstances, but as an overall brawl? It's not at the top of my list. Still did its job, though. Added more intensity.

The Rock and Sock Connection reunion:



Classic.
 
#6,766 ·
True that it happened before but that was a different company, EC simply doesn't deserve a momentous moment like Rock winning the WWE Championship after over a decade. WM16 is still a huge mistake IMO and tarnished the legacy of that PPV forever. There's a time and a place for everything, this is not the time for a swerve.

Plus with this line coming from a babyface like Rock:

"Fact: You ain't God. But God as my witness, in 13 days I WILL beat you for the WWE Title".

It's basically another confirmation.
 
#6,968 ·
They have to announce bannings from ringside and interferences next week at RAW. If not, it would only be logical for The Shield to interfere as they did in the last title matches of Punk. It wouldn't make any sense if they wouldn't do anything this time, but then again it's WWE.

Nonetheless, I'm pumped for the fight more than I was for Rock/Cena.
 
#6,984 ·
HOLY SHEET! :mark:
 
#7,014 ·
Thank you Rock 3:16 AE,you just made me happy by saying Rock has still 3-4 feuds in him.And what the hell is wrong with DwayneAustin?You're leaning more towards CM Punk.Did you forget that you're a Rock mark,jabroni?
Why the fuck are you taking his word as gospel? He's just a sychophantic, Rock mark on a wrestling forum - he ain't the Rock's personal fucking assistant. He doesn't know when the Rock is going to retire, or what his future plans are, anymore than anyone else does.
 
#7,018 · (Edited)
remember punk tweet after i think TLC 2011 " if u not after this ( the change the neeooo era ) u will left behind " and look what happened punk marks can answer that instead of getting all mad on THE Rock316AE also i think if the rock didnt agree to work wwe this mania season punk's reign wouldn't last all this time they would give it to rayback or cena 2 3 month ago so don't be mad people and enjoy such a great feud
 
#7,083 ·
Re: Backstage Update - The Rock To Win The WWE Title?

How about fuck Rock/Cena II and maybe do something original with the Rock instead this year?


Then who are you going to bring in because Punk vs Rock or Punk in any type of match won't draw big business? This is why the WWE doesn't book for the IWC cynics. You don't want rematches, yet the one of the biggest Wrestlemanias in history was a card full of rematches.
 
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